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        <a id="Links" name="Links"></a>Links-2.20.2
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Introduction to Links
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          <span class="application">Links</span> is a text and graphics mode
          WWW browser. It includes support for rendering tables and frames,
          features background downloads, can display colors and has many
          other features.
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          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
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          Package Information
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                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "http://links.twibright.com/download/links-2.20.2.tar.bz2">http://links.twibright.com/download/links-2.20.2.tar.bz2</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: ee39e612249440d0497535d0dafc3c0e
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                Download size: 6.2 MB
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                Estimated disk space required: 36 MB
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                Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU
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          Links Dependencies
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          Recommended
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        <p class="recommended">
          <a class="xref" href="libevent.html" title=
          "libevent-2.1.11">libevent-2.1.11</a>
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          Optional
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          Graphics mode requires at least one of <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/gpm.html" title="GPM-1.20.7">GPM-1.20.7</a> (mouse
          support to be used with a framebuffer-based console), <a class=
          "ulink" href="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</a>, <a class=
          "ulink" href=
          "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/directfb/">DirectFB</a>,
          and <a class="xref" href="../x/installing.html" title=
          "Chapter&nbsp;24.&nbsp;X Window System Environment">X Window
          System</a>
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        <p>
          For decoding various image formats <span class=
          "application">Links</span> can utilize <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/libpng.html" title="libpng-1.6.37">libpng-1.6.37</a>,
          <a class="xref" href="../general/libjpeg.html" title=
          "libjpeg-turbo-2.0.4">libjpeg-turbo-2.0.4</a>, <a class="xref"
          href="../general/librsvg.html" title=
          "librsvg-2.46.4">librsvg-2.46.4</a>, and <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/libtiff.html" title="LibTIFF-4.1.0">LibTIFF-4.1.0</a>
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        <p class="usernotes">
          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/LinksBrowser">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/LinksBrowser</a>
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Installation of Links
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          Install <span class="application">Links</span> by running the
          following commands:
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<kbd class=
"command">./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man &amp;&amp;
make</kbd>
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          This package does not come with a test suite.
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
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<kbd class="command">make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/links-2.20.2 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \
    /usr/share/doc/links-2.20.2</kbd>
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          Command Explanations
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          <code class="option">--enable-graphics</code>: This switch enables
          support for graphics mode.
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          Configuring Links
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            <a id="links-config" name="links-config"></a>
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          <h4 class="title">
            <a id="links-config" name="links-config"></a>Config Files
          </h4>
          <p>
            <code class="filename">~/.links/*</code>
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          <h3 class="sect3"></h3>
          <h4 class="title">
            <a id="idm45779257167888" name=
            "idm45779257167888"></a>Configuration Information
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          <p>
            <span class="application">Links</span> stores its configuration
            in per-user files in the <code class="filename">~/.links</code>
            directory. These files are created automatically when
            <span class="command"><strong>links</strong></span> is run for
            the first time.
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          Contents
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            <div class="seg">
              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Program:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">links</span>
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            <div class="seg">
              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Libraries:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">None</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/share/doc/links-2.20.2</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                  <p>
                    <a id="links" name="links"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>links</strong></span></span>
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                    is a text and graphics mode WWW browser.
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